Here's one from the "aerial Old Spot" category: according to Kotaku, the Xbox 360 is "so sold out that Microsoft Japan actually put out an official statement about the situation in The Land of the Rising Sun, apologizing for the lack of consoles. Since demand has eclipsed supply, Microsoft's supply has gone totally dry. The company is ramping up production, and the console will not be shipped to stores until next month."

Xbox has famously flopped in Japan, and the sudden turnaround seems to be the result of the popularity of Namco Bandai's new role-playing game Tales of Vesperia, an Xbox exclusive, which almost quadrupled sales. According to AFP:

Microsoft sold 28,116 Xbox 360 consoles in Japan in the week ended August 10, topping Sony's sales of 10,705 PS3s, game publisher Ascii Media Works said in a report dated August 14. But both companies lagged behind Nintendo, which sold 41,044 Wii consoles, it added.